Areas of expertise and special interests
- Surgeries for spine, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease
- Functional & vascular neurosurgery
About Nilesh Agrawal
Dr. Nilesh Agrawal is a highly accomplished Neurosurgeon and Neurospinal Surgeon with over 20+ years of experience in neurosurgery, neurocritical care, and spine surgery. As the Director and Owner of the New Era Group of Hospitals, he has successfully performed more than 15,000 neurosurgical procedures, with expertise in brain tumours, cerebrovascular surgery, epilepsy surgery, functional neurosurgery, neurotrauma, and complex spine surgeries.
Dr. Agrawal has authored several national and international research publications, actively contributes to academic teaching and conferences, and has received numerous awards for excellence in neurosurgery and healthcare leadership. He is widely recognised for combining advanced surgical expertise with compassionate, patient-centred care.
Clinical Expertise
Qualifications
M.Ch. (Neurosurgery)
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (2004–2006).
M.S. (General Surgery)
Government Medical College, Nagpur University, Nagpur (1999–2001).
MBBS
Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur (1992–1996).
Professional Experience
Director and Neurosurgeon at New Era Hospital (April 2016 to present).
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon & Director, Neurosurgery Department, Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur (2012–2016).
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at CIIMS Hospital, Nagpur (2007–2012).
Senior Resident, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Hospital (BMHRC), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (2002–2003).
Lecturer in General Surgery, Sawangi Meghe Post Graduate Medical Institute & Medical College (Deemed University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India (January 2002–July 2002).
Memberships & Professional Associations
- President, National Medicos Organisation (NMO), Vidarbha.
- Past Secretary of Nagpur Neuro Society; Treasurer, MCNS (2026–27).
- Executive member of Epilepsy Society, NSICON (2023, 2024, 2025).
- Faculty, Vascular Conference (2024–25) at Pench.
- Faculty, SVICON conference at Ruby, Pune (2026).
- MCNS 2022, Wardha — Faculty.
- NSICON Mumbai (2020) — Faculty.
- Neurotrauma, Agra (2019).
- NSICON Jaipur (2018).
- NSICON Nagpur (2017).
- NSICON Hyderabad (2016).
- NSICON Indore (2015).
- Actively delivering lectures in public forums, academies and CMEs.
- Attended hands-on workshop in Bangkok (2014) on haemostasis.
- NSI 2014, Coimbatore.
- NSI 2012, Delhi.
- NSI 2013, Mumbai.
- Delivered lecture on neuronavigation.
- Epilepsy Update 2013, Mumbai.
- Spine Update, Kolkata.
- Delivered a lecture at the International Conference on Rejuvenation Neurochemistry: “Bedside to Bench and Back to Bedside” on brain tumours — current scenario, Nagpur, January 2012.
- Attended the 13th Asian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgeons (AACNS), 1–4 December, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Attended and actively participated as a delegate in the 1st International Conference on Controversies and Consensus in Neurosurgery, 3–4 September, Mumbai.
- Delivered a lecture at Military Hospital, Kamptee, on head injuries for a current medical update.
- Presented a television lecture on Hallo Doctor on epilepsy surgery and brain tumours.
- Presented a scientific paper at the 11th M.P. Neurocon, 30–31 January 2010.
- Attended NSI Lucknow Conference (2009).
- Attended the Basics and Training Course in Destandau Technique of Endoscopic Lumbar & Cervical Discectomy, 7–8 February 2009, Kolhapur.
- Organised a national live spinal surgery workshop at CIIMS in 2008 as organising secretary.
- Delivered a lecture at a workshop on immunological, molecular and animal cell culture techniques, June 2008, Nagpur.
- 55th Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, December 2006, Madurai. Paper: “Factors predicting the outcome after intra-operative rupture in anterior communicating artery aneurysm.”
- International Conference of the Cerebro-Vascular Society, Delhi, India, September 2006.
- Participated and presented a paper at the 6th ACNS, held 27–29 January 2006, Mumbai.
- Neurosurgery Update at NIMHANS, 50 Years and Neuroendoscopy Workshop, Bangalore, April 2006.
- Workshop on update of low backache at SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India.
- 54th Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Visakhapatnam, December 2005.
- 6th Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons and WFNS Education Course. Paper: “Medullary Glial Tumors.”
- Workshop on update of low backache at SCTIMST, Trivandrum.
- 54th Annual Conference of the Neurological Society of India, Indore, December 2004. Paper: “Rare CP Angle Tumors.”
- Vascular Workshop at SCTIMST, Trivandrum, India, September 2004.
- ASICON 2000, Association of Surgeons of India, 50th Annual Conference, Delhi, December 2000.
- Ethicon Suture Practicum, GMC, Nagpur, August 2000.
- National Conference on “Breast Surgery and Advances” in Nagpur.
Awards & Memberships
- Jury for Lokmat Awards (2024, 2025, 2026)
- Agrasen Award, Kamthi (2025)
- Jain Ahinsa Award (2022)
- Golden KEM Award as Excellent Neurosurgeon (2022)
- Covid Warrior Award (2021)
- Samaj Gaurav Puraskar (2020)
- Agrasen Award (2019, Akola)
- Vidarbha Ratna (2019)
- Director Best Hospital Award (2018, 2021)
- Best Neurosurgeon Award (2017, My FM Bhaskar
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